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NFL fans are familiar with the “Super Bowl hangover,” a phenomenon where the team that loses the big game often struggles to return to postseason form the following year.  But in 2024, a new type of hangover may be emerging — and this one centers on the Detroit Lions (3-1). The Lions apparently are so

The Dallas Cowboys and Detroit Lions square off in a high-stakes NFC showdown as the former attempts enters one of the toughest stretches in its 2024 schedule and the latter continues to do everything in its power to sit atop the NFC. It’s a game with some rivalry brewing within it after an epic 2023

This is a big one for the Detroit Lions. Last year they went into AT&T Stadium and played their hearts out against the Dallas Cowboys and were absolutely robbed by NFL officials. I know fans say that all the time, but in this case it’s universally agreed upon that the official totally messed the call

The Dallas Cowboys are home underdogs to the Detroit Lions and it’s not hard to see why.  The Lions want to run the ball early and often and contrary to the Pittsburgh Steelers, they’re darn good at it. They rank 27th in early down pass rate and boast the 9th best rushing offense in such

Listen, the Dallas Cowboys and Detroit Lions are not the most storied rivalry in the NFL. Not even close.  However, ahead of their upcoming Week 6 matchup, there’s certainly some uniqueness to the game. After all, how can you forget last year’s showdown that came down to the wire, with the Cowboys winning 20-19? How

Bears Bears QB Caleb Williams is coming off of a strong performance in Week 5 with 304 yards and two touchdowns against the Panthers. GM Ryan Poles thinks the rookie is “right where he should be and continuing to get better” with his development. “You’ve seen that in terms of the efficiency, protecting the football,

Since cutdown down time when the Detroit Lions signed three receivers including Tim Patrick, it’s been about Patrick and Patrick only when it comes to receivers that everyone wants to talk about in Detroit.  You can totally understand why when you see him on the field. He is an opposing looking guy at 6-foot-5 and

Jared Goff could have earned the nickname “Mr. Perfect” after his last outing. The Detroit Lions quarterback completed all 18 of his pass attempts against Seattle and even caught a touchdown pass from his favorite target, receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown. Goff had extra time to reflect on his performance as Detroit’s bye week came up

It’s yet another “big game” week for the Dallas Cowboys as they’re ready to take on the 3-1 Detroit Lions at AT&T Stadium for Week 6 of the 2024 NFL regular season. To get ready for the game and get a better grasp of the Lions, I went behind enemy lines and reached out to

The Dallas Cowboys have gotten busy on Wednesday as they gear up for a crucial Week 6 showdown against the 3-1 Detroit Lions, who are fresh off of a bye. Even though the game will be at AT&T Stadium, it’s the Lions who are favored coming into this one and the team’s recent flurry of

Detroit Lions head coach Dan Campbell says he got punched by one of his players this week, and he loved it. The Lions held former Pro Bowl center Frank Ragnow out of their Week 4 game against the Seattle Seahawks due to a partially torn pectoral. The hope was that, coupled with the team’s Week

“I think we will be fortunate to get him at any point this year,” said head coach Dan Campbell on Monday, per Dave Birkett of the Detroit Free Press. “I don’t want to say it’s not going to happen, but I think we would be pretty fortunate if it does.” The Lions have been evaluating

The Detroit Lions signed two receivers in their thirties this offseason and both are expected to have growing roles with the team this year. That’s Tim Patrick and Allen Robinson.  Both guys have been in the NFL for seven plus years. When you get older players like that, you tend to see guys that have

Mahogany, 23, was a sixth-round pick by the Lions out of Boston College in the 2024 NFL Draft. He was named Second-team All-ACC in 2021 and First-team All-ACC in 2023.  Mahogany signed a four-year, $4,158,388 rookie contract with the Lions, including a $138,388 signing bonus and $138,388 guaranteed. After being selected by Detroit he began

With over a quarter of the 2024-25 season in the books, the NFC North is the strongest division in the NFL. All four teams in the division have winning records, led by the Minnesota Vikings with a 5-0 record. Every other division includes one or more teams with losing records. In Bleacher Report’s power rankings

In April of 2023 I was still at Pride of Detroit and I was looking for a receiver to mock to the Detroit Lions. The guy I went with probably the most was Wake Forrest receiver A.T. Perry. The Saints wound up drafting him in the sixth-round of last years draft, but now he is

The bye week is over for the Detroit Lions and the big questions going into their Week 6 game against the Dallas Cowboys is will they be healthy? Lions head coach Dan Campbell gave some really good updates and one potentially really bad one on Monday.  The Good Frank Ragnow missed last week’s game with

The Detroit Lions are back from the bye week and they’ve made some roster moves to start the week, including signing an edge rusher that once started for NFC North rivals the Chicago Bears. Here’s what they did.  Signed Al-Quadin Muhammad to practice squad Muhammad is a former sixth round pick for the Saints in

This is going to be fun. It’s not everyday that you get to disagree with a co-worker in front of the world, but I think my guy got it wrong here.  Ian Valentino, who covers the NFL Draft for The 33rd Team and A to Z Sports recently put out grades for all 32 of the

Do you believe in curses? I’m not fully sure that I do unless that “curse” really shows itself a lot. This one seems to be doing that.  Back in February the NFL held it’s NFL Honors award show and Detroit Lions head coach Dan Campbell was up for the Coach of the Year award for